The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-01
The New York Freight
Handlers Kicking.
WAGES DEMANDED.
'We Cannot Recognize the Propriety
gard to Experience or Efficiency"
THE FREIGHr HANDLERS
Are Involved in the 'Longshorsmen's
Strike.

| NEW 4ORki january 0I.-l0e SIrlke
took new phase to-day. 1t not only
involves the additional 'longshoremen
who went out this morning, but also
the freight-handlers of the railway. thus
Tightening the blockade on transporta-
ton and adding another thousand To
the thousands already idle. Apparently
by preconcerted action, committees of
freight handlers of number of the
roads to-day
PRESENTED FORMULATED DEMANDS
on the arrangements and it is under
stood that similar demands will
be made on the managers of
the railroads leading into this city.
The freight handlers of the Pennsyl-
Vania Railway company, employed on
the company North RIVER piers, to-
day notified the managers that, unless
the rae of wages was increased from
II to 20 cents per hour, a general strike
would follow all along the company's
docks. The company was given until
tomorrow noon to consider the de
mand. There are about 1000 men en-
ployed on the piers.
DEMANDS WERE ALSO MADE
by the freight handlers employed by
the Central Railroad, New Jersey Cen
trail and by the New York, Lake Erie
& Western, for increased wages, and
THREATENING To IMMEDIATELY QUIT
WORK
if their demands are not complied with.
Concessions asked for were refused,
absolutely. AT the Office of the new
Jersey Central, it was ascertained that
a committee of five waited upon the re-
ceivers, this morning, and presented
demand for increased wages for freight
handlers and other employees. and in
sisted on an answer before O'Clock
this afternoon. The receivers met
them again at that hour to
give them a written reply, in which
they declined to comply with the de-
mand. The committee took their de-
parture and Immediately afterwards
the freight-handlers of the company
on pier No. IA went out on strike.
Among the demands of the committee
was that the coal strike, as far as the
Central Railway of New Jersey is con-
cerned be settled in twenty-four
hours after presenting this petition.
In the course of its reply the COM
pany says: We expect to give equal
pay to clerks and others who are en-
ployed in similar positions; provided
they are equally qualified to fill these
positions, but
WE CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE PRoPRI ETY.
OF PAYING ALL ALIKE
without regard to experience or
efficiency. You state that you
will not handle any freight
that has been previously hand
led by non.union men. As receivers of
a company that is common carrier,
it is your duty to handle any freight
presented to US, whether the same has
been previously handled by non-union
men or otherwise.
WE SHALL DO OUR UTMOST TO PERFORM
THIS DUTY.
You demand that the coal strike be
settled, as far as our railroad is con-
cerned, in twenty-four hours. This
strike does not exist among our en-
ployees, and it is for others, not for US,
to SETTLE"
Several more ocean steamships ar
rived tonight. Union men are work
ing better and there, is not so much
freight pushed up az on Saturday. In
Brooklyn the strikers are quiet and Or
derby. Freight is being moved slowly
by Italians and non-union men. There
is much embarrassment to business. \
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